Case Study: Broward County Law Office of the Public Defender achieves lightning-fast discovery and stronger defenses with Axon Justice (Axon)

The impact of Axon Justice on Broward County’s evidence management

The Law Office of the Public Defender, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Broward County), which handles more than 30,000 cases a year with over 100 attorneys, was overwhelmed by growing volumes of digital evidence, slow manual workflows and legacy discovery processes that often took weeks. To modernize evidence management and speed access to discovery, the office adopted Axon’s solution, Axon Justice, to address delayed evidence delivery, burdensome physical media, and inefficient review practices.

Axon implemented Axon Justice to centralize discovery, enable real-time collaboration with prosecutors, provide searchable transcripts, and allow on-screen redaction. The results were dramatic: discovery that once took weeks now arrives in minutes, attorneys who previously met two clients a day can now meet five to six, transcription turnaround shrank from days to instantaneous search, redaction and in‑court evidence prep take minutes, and faster case resolution and improved attorney morale and retention followed. Axon’s solution directly increased efficiency and helped the office deliver stronger, timelier defenses.

Law Office of the Public Defender

Joseph Dewey

Assistant Public Defender